Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-08

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Tbs annsnnssmsnf in the PuMx In
TzEzzamscEn yssssrazg norninz of shs
los q fbs she snip Harvey MiIls. ere
SID considerable Of ssnsassoa auonR
The - Ruing men il port and ths 10
qaaintanees Of uapssin Crasfsrd- 4
salk with 6 fsg q she esptains nou IN
u seattle developed tie fast that Cap
tain Crawford vas eveEywhsrs esteemed
AZ . csaffeona and honoxabie gnneEeman.
cGRzAIs DOUGLASS.
OF the ship So. Stephen, said that be
nat CAF&ain Crawford about sight years
eco. He Was then In ths ahip Andres
Johnson, wdioA vas az that tine N
company with tie Sc. Stephsn IA 8 vug-
sEe 70 South AmsFiea. Captain Doug
lass spoke Ia hiRhest pEsiss Of Captain
Crawford and his snip the Harvey
Mills. Afew days before the 81. SEephen
naflsd from San Francisco on her Dres-
eu1 voyage, CAptafn D0ngiass and bis
wife and danRhter received q fFienaIg
visit from Mrs. Oaptsia On swfeed. she
regretted v6Ey much that she had not
gone 9Th her husband 10 the Harvey
Mslis 70 PuRss Sound. Il vas the frst
voyage 90 which che lad failed 20 90
ompany him, and only sickness bad
prevsnted her from doina 90 en- this %
easiou. Tue Harvey Mills had lsft Sc
attls ct that time and she woald Isok
fer her arrival IN about twelve dave.
Pear lady. The ship has eune doEn and |
IN ali probability her husband mas
peEished- Shipa, like nasu, have streaks
Of good luck aud mIsforsuae. Tbs bar
vsy Mills has always experienced had |
luck.
oAFTArN zxxDKs.
OF the ship Tvo Brothers, has known /
CAPTAIN Crawford ever ainsa be took /
command Of the Harvey Mills, shout |
three years AGO. Captain CFaHford'a |
good qualities. both - Q navigator and |
! thorough gsatiemzn. we're Recognised
By al who made his acquaintance.
Fhe Harvey Mills has been q most IN.
ioFtunate craft all her life. She was
iismasled too or thres times-sncs on
} voyage between liverpool and New
York walls 10 ballast, after taking
sarRo Of wheat frOka Nsw Ysrk shs
soIlided With and sack 9 coppeF-Iadsn
bark IN the Eaeiish Channel. 6he then
pat back into Q1eenstoWn. and vas
here sold 10 pay damages. Her owners
SouRht her IN. The ship was owned
aFReIy 10 Tkomaston, Maine, from
shieh port she hailed.
CAPTAIN PKxFrEID,
well known citizen Of Seattle, says
hat be has known Captain Crawford
or years. In a few words Captain
,endeid gave bis opinion Of the Harvey
4ills about a. follows: She vas an
Iulucky vessel from the day she was
aunehed ene experienced accident
IfteF accident, aud must have cost her
Irnefs 10 toe neiRh0orhood Of $500 900.
{ would have been better II shs had
one 10 the bottom on hsr irst voyage
CAPTAIN >. 4. HATFIELD
laid: II xmas Captais Crawford we'll,
nd numbered him among my friends. !
ghiIe IN Seattle be made our offioe his I
IeadQuaEters. he was khorouRhly dc. (
otsd 20 his wife, who had always sailed |
nth hin sinos their marriage until the
atal "trip. When the Harvey Mills vas I
haFteFed 10 come te Seattle for coal, !
frs Crawford for some reason decided /
0 remain IN the city. The captains !
nail ame directed 10 our care. and be /
allied ~ the of1iee regularly every morn
ne for q letter from bis wife. de vas
eidom disappointed, bot when be failed
0 GET the expected letter he would ap-
cared csestfailen. and be often de- I
Jared TO me that he would never separ-
te from her again, as thsy we're both I
Unhappy when not tagether. Captain
aWfoEd vas askilful navigator aad Q
oed man. but unfortunately be vas In |
q uulucky ship. One day, speaking Of
be many accidents which bad happened I
. the ship, he congratulated himself
has she bad so far escaped accident
ince be took command Of Der, bat |
dded shat there was no telling when |
is time would come. While deplore
be terrible fate Of the captain, who was
ny friend, feel more deeply for bic be-
eaved wife, 4hose Suffering over tbs
sss Of her beloved husband must be
sFFible In the extreme"